- What's going on coyote pack?
Well, as we all know, I take a lot of bites,
stings, and pinches to make this show possible.
In this past week I took the most painful pinch
I've ever received, and it came from a giant
dungeonous crab.
And just in case you missed that episode,
let's take one more look.
I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter the
pinch zone with the dungeonous crab.
Ready?
- [Voiceover] Let's do it?
- One,
two, here we go,
three.
(screaming)
Wow, that's pretty bad!
(screaming) Can you see that?
He's got my whole finger locked in there!
Oh it's like right on the joint!
(screaming) Oh my gosh, the teeth are definitely
just digging into my finger!
(screaming)
Oh my gosh!
These crabs actually use their pinchers for defense
and also to catch their food!
Oh hold on, absorb the pain!
I've gotta try to get my finger out man,
it's crushing my finger, hold on, put him down
on the rock.
(yelling)
Oh that hurt!
(intense music)
- Oh yeah, my pointer finger really took a hit
on that one.
But the good news is that there was no broken bone.
Now people often wanna know, "Coyote, what's worse,
"the pinches?"
(yelling)
"The bites?"
(yelling)
"Or the stings?"
(yelling)
That's a good question, let's talk about each of those.
Now when it comes to pinches, pinches are bad and
they hurt.
When it comes to something like the crab and it's pressing
down on your skin and on the bone, yeah pain is
pretty intense, but it only lasts for a couple minutes,
and once my finger or whatever body par is in the
pincher of an animal is out of the pincher, the pain
usually resides in just a few minutes.
Now when it comes to bites, there's two different kinds.
There's bites from animals that do not have venom,
and then there's bites from animals that do have venom.
Now you've seen me bitten by a giant alligator
snapping turtle, and of course we all remember when I stuck
my arm into the mouth of an alligator.
Both of those hurt, but those were basically just
flesh wounds.
Teeth or beaks puncturing into the skin, and yes
there was a little bit of blood, swelling, and some
bruising, but at the end of the day it really
wasn't that bad.
Now when you get a bite from something that's venomous,
like the Gila monster, that hurts big time.
(grunting)
He got me, he bit me.
- [Voiceover] You sure?
- Yeah, he definitely bit me?
- [Voiceover] You want me to keep filming?
- Yeah, he got the whole top of my thumb.
Not only did the teeth cut the skin and cause
a lot of bleeding, but once the venom goes into your
system, that's when the pain really begins.
So an animal that bites you with venom, really, really bad.
And I know a lot of you have asked, "Coyote, will you
"be bitten by a rattlesnake?"
No, absolutely not.
And as we know, I was not bitten intentionally
by the Gila monster, that was a mistake.
And that's because I got the GoPro camera a little
too close to the face of the Gila monster.
Definitely learned my lesson there.
Now the stings are without question the worst,
and that's because with every sting, venom enters
the equation.
Now I've been stung by scorpions before, and that's
pretty painful.
Ah jeez, yeah he got me.
However, it's the ant stings that I've received
that have been the worst.
The harvester ants specifically, formed a bunch
of large welts on my arm that itched for days.
But I think we all know it was the fire ants
that did the most damage.
300 stings on my hands, and for weeks I had
little white pustulates that were swollen and itchy.
If there's one thing that I have learned, it is definitely
to never put my hands into a mountain of fire ants again.
This is much worse than the harvester ants!
(grunts)
Now I know a lot of you watch these episodes, and then
you write in and ask "Coyote, do you really like taking
"all these bites and stings?"
No, nobody likes to receive pain, but there is
something worthwhile that's coming out of these episodes.
Not only are we getting an education about the animals
that a lot of us fear, but I'm also giving you a first
hand, no pun intended, perspective of what it's like
to have some of these encounters.
My real goal with these bite and sting episodes
is that you guys out there will watch them, then go out
into the wild and see a scorpion or a Gila monster,
or an alligator, and then say to yourself,
"oh, I know that sting or bite can be very, very painful
"and potentially deadly, so I'm going to just admire
"this animal from a safe distance."
You don't need to fear them, but definitely leave all
the bites and stings up to me.
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild,
we'll see you next week!
- [Voiceover] Whoa whoa whoa, what about the strike reel?
- Oh that's right!
So what we've done is we've put together a chronicle
of all my most famous pinches, bits, and stings.
I have a feeling you guys are really gonna like this one.
I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter the
strike zone with the leaf cutter ant, with the dungeonous
crab, and I'm about to be eaten alive by leeches.
You guys ready?
You ready?
Ready, everyone ready?
Your shot good?
Rolling?
GoPro?
Rolling, here we go.
One, two, here we go.
Here we go, three.
(screaming)
Oh God!
He's popping holes into my finger!
(yelling)
Oh yeah, he is into my arm and he is holding on.
Something happening.
(grunting) Can you see that?
Oh wow, that's pretty bad!
They're all over my hands now, look at that!
(screaming)
He's got my whole finger locked in there!
Ow look, he's burying his head into my finger!
He chomped right through the top of my finger.
Oh man, this was not a good idea ladies and gentlemen.
(grunting)
That hurt!
(grunting)
- [Voiceover] You alright?
- Mhm.
(yelling)
This is truly the meaning of ants in your pants.
(laughs) Woo, doggy!
Actually I'm a little nervous that he may have
stress fractured the bone.
My giner is throbbing right now.
Oh man he got really close to a vein right there.
I may be bleeding for hours at this point.
As you can see the drips of blood are falling down
into the water.
That was worth it for science.
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on this season of Breaking Trail.
(animal calls)